Kenta Imamiya

Imamiya with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 2

Infielder

Born: July 15, 1991

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

NPB debut

April 12, 2011, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

NPB statistics
(through 2011)

Batting average

.000

Home runs

RBI

Teams

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2010–present)

Career highlights and awards

1× NPB All-Star (2014)
1× Best Nine Award (2014)
2× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2013, 2014)
2× Japan Series Champion (2011, 2014)

Kenta Imamiya (今宮健太, Imamiya Kenta, born July 15, 1991 in Beppu, Ōita) is a Japanese professional baseball second baseman for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Imamiya attended Meiho High School, pitcher-shortstop, hitting 62 home runs and throwing as hard as 154 km/h(96 mph). The Softbank Hawks drafted him in the first round in 2009. He made his debut with the big club on April 12, 2011, as a defensive sub at 1B. For the year, he played 18 games (11 at first base, 7 not appearing in the field) but only had one at-bat (he was retired). He had two steals and three runs, indicating he pinch-ran at times.

After the 2011 NPB season, Imamiya played in the Australian Baseball League for the Brisbane Bandits, and was named to the 2011 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/brisbane-bandits-well-represented-in-abl-all-star-game/story-e6frep5o-1226217329241

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster

First squad	0 Tomoki Takata 1 Seiichi Uchikawa 2 Kenta Imamiya 4 Keizo Kawashima 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda 6 Yuki Yoshimura 7 Akira Nakamura 8 Kenji Akashi 9 Yuki Yanagita 11 Kenichi Nakata 12 Hiroaki Takaya 16 Nao Higashihama 17 Sho Iwasaki 20 Hayato Terahara 21 Tsuyoshi Wada 22 Ayatsugu Yamashita 23 Ryuma Kidokoro 24 Yuya Hasegawa 30 Shota Takeda 33 Shinya Tsuruoka 36 Taisei Makihara 37 Shuhei Fukuda 38 Yuito Mori 41 Kodai Senga 42 Yuya Iida 43 Tomoaki Egawa 44 Rick VandenHurk 46 Yuichi Honda 48 Ken Okamoto 50 Tadashi Settsu 51 Seiji Uebayashi 53 Ryota Igarashi 58 Dennis Sarfate 62 Takuya Kai 90 Robert Suarez

Second squad	00 Hikaru Kawase 14 Ren Kajiya 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 25 Seigi Tanaka 27 Kyle Jensen 28 Kenji Otonari 29 Shuta Ishikawa 31 Ryoya Kurihara 32 Masayoshi Tsukada 34 Hiroki Yamada 39 Yosuke Shimabukuro 47 Jumpei Takahashi 49 Yuto Furuya 56 Daichi Hoshino 57 Shinya Kayama 59 Shogo Furusawa 60 Gou Kamamoto 63 Taiga Kasahara 64 Yusuke Masago 65 Ryuhei Kuki 66 Yuki Matsumoto 68 Masaki Mimori 77 Masahiro Harimoto 121 Shoji Yoshimoto (Trainee) 123 Yusuke Itoh (Trainee) 140 Kaisei Sone (Trainee)

Third squad	13 Akira Niho 40 Reiji Kozawa 45 Kenta Tanigawara 55 Kenta Chatani 61 Kenta Kurose 67 Shunsuke Kasaya 120 Masato Sakata (Trainee) 122 Hiroyuki Kawahara (Trainee) 124 Kazuhiro Kohyama (Trainee) 125 Syogo Ohmoto (Trainee) 126 Seiya Saitoh (Trainee) 127 Daichiro Itoh (Trainee) 128 Amon Yamashita (Trainee) 129 Yuto Nozawa (Trainee) 130 Ryuya Kodama (Trainee) 131 Tamon Horiuchi (Trainee) 132 Yuichi Higoshi (Trainee) 133 Eiji Kakinoki (Trainee) 134 Hiroki Hasegawa (Trainee) 135 Thubasa Tashiro (Trainee) 136 Shin Nakamura (Trainee) 137 Takeshi Watanabe (Trainee) 138 Kousuke Moriyama (Trainee) 139 Shinsuke Tobo (Trainee) 141 Ryuya Shimizu (Trainee) 142 Ryuken Mathumoto (Trainee)

First squad coaching	Manager: 81 Kimiyasu Kudoh Bench coach: 79 Mitsuo Tatsukawa Pitching coaches: 70 Yoshinori Sato, 98 Hiroshi Takamura,94 Shinji Kurano Hitting coaches: 83 Yoshiie Tachibana, 76 Hiroshi Fujimoto Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 88 Yusuke Torigoe Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 93 Arihito Muramatsu Battery coach: 84 Masaumi Shimizu Operations and battery coach: 86 Hiroyuki Mori

Second squad coaching	Manager: 80 Yoshio Mizukami Pitching coaches: 72 Kenichi Wakatabe, 91 Masahiro Sakumoto Hitting coach: 71 Yasuo Fujii, 78 Tetsuya Iida Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 74 Hiroshi Ogawa Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 87 Tatsuya Ide Battery coach: 85 Tetsuya Matoyama

Third squad coaching	Manager: 96 Makoto Sasaki Pitching coaches: 82 Keisaburo Tanoue, 99 Yusaku Iriki Hitting coaches: 75 Noriyoshi Omichi Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 97 Takashi Sasagawa Battery coach: 95 Kenj Yoshithuru Rehabilitation coach: 73 Manabu Saitoh

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